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U.S. Senator Introduces Bill To Ban Loot Boxes And Pay-To-Win Microtransactions
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If it passes I'll set myself on fire and jump out of a window into a pit of glass shards, I'm that convinced it won't.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/tech...al-bill/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.de9b8c9f4721
The industry kept pushing, now they're coming for more than just lootboxes.
Technically 17 year olds can buy rated M games, so this would mean the ESRB Rating system would need to totally revised.
This is going to be a fascinating thing to see play out, especially since it seems to have some form of bipartisan support here.
My concern is that the 'addiction' card may get played a bit too hard here, and this bill ends up legitimizing the concept that games are inherently addictive products (and thus at potentially risk of losing first amendment protections).
But I think if they can just draw the line at stopping minors from purchasing randomized digital content, it's a positive thing.
My concern is that the 'addiction' card may get played a bit too hard here, and this bill ends up legitimizing the concept that games are inherently addictive products (and thus at potentially risk of losing first amendment protections).
But I think if they can just draw the line at stopping minors from purchasing randomized digital content, it's a positive thing.
Probably got burned with them :p
This is what's going to happen.
I wonder how this bit works out, considering you're attacking the entire F2P model at that point.
He's a conservative senator mostly known for accusing social media companies of being unfairly biased against conservatives.
So is this just to straight up ban loot boxes or is it to just ban children from accessing them?
Edit: reading the article it seems this only applies to minors. Name of this post is slightly misleading. Dont know how they will tell which games are "designed for children" candy crush is played by a large number of adults.
Edit: reading the article it seems this only applies to minors. Name of this post is slightly misleading. Dont know how they will tell which games are "designed for children" candy crush is played by a large number of adults.
I wouldn't want the current administration getting their hands on the industry.
Don't think it'll just be banning loot boxes like some people hope.
Don't think it'll just be banning loot boxes like some people hope.
Can you imagine the job cuts and grotesquely bloated bonus packages some of the executives at the big publishers are going to see if this passes under the guise of "keeping the company profitable amidst changing legislative landscape that hurts the AAA development" restructuring?
In the Save the World mode.
So Epic could basically just pull them because who cares
From the article in the OP:
So they're going to age gate games, kids will just say they're 18.
So they're going to age gate games, kids will just say they're 18.
Regulating video games has been one of the only things Republicans and Democrats have generally agreed on over the last 30 years.
Don't support this bill in the slightest, especially not from the GOP and a Senator like Hawley.
Bill seems far too widely defined and could amount to censorship on games. I understand lootboxes and the like are not good, but this is in no way the answer.
Bill seems far too widely defined and could amount to censorship on games. I understand lootboxes and the like are not good, but this is in no way the answer.
Nice start. Now how about that legislation that protects children from being gunned down in their schools?
I'm for this.
Spent $20 on Overwatch boxes and never got the Mercy skin he wanted. It was the breaking point.
Spent $20 on Overwatch boxes and never got the Mercy skin he wanted. It was the breaking point.
